From: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com (roc-digest) To: roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: roc-digest V2 #193 Reply-To: roc-digest Sender: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk roc-digest Thursday, October 22 1998 Volume 02 : Number 193 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 17:28:08 -0700 From: Kenneth Mitchell Subject: Re: Phone Scam At 09:23 AM 10/20/98 -0700, Skip Leuschner wrote: >Forwarded FYI folks. Sorry; this IS NOT a problem for most of us. This is ONLY a problem for lage companies where you need to dial a "9" to obtain an outside line, and then could make unlimited phone calls from your office. It's NOT a problem for people at home. >>This is a scam that is being run around the country, and it is a real >>thing that could happen to you and your phone number.. >>Beware, your local telephone guy. >>JOHN >> >>--------------------------------- >>I received the following call today and called AT&T to check >>it out, just to make sure it was "for real." It is, and it >>has been going on for over 6 months. >> >>I received a telephone call from an individual identifying >>himself as an AT&T Service Technician who was conducting a >>test on our telephone lines. He stated that to complete the >>test we should touch nine (9), zero (0), the pound sign (#) >>and then hang up. Luckily, we were suspicious and refused. >>Upon contacting the telephone company, we were informed that >>by pushing 90#, you give the requesting individual full >>access to your telephone line, which allows them to place >>long distance telephone calls billed to your home phone >>number. We were further informed that this scam has been >>originating from many of the local jails and prisons. >> >>I have also verified this information with UCB Telecomm. >>Please be aware. This sounds like an Urban Legend - IT IS >>NOT! I further called GTE Security this morning and >>verified >>that this is definitely possible. DO NOT press 90# for >>ANYONE. >>The GTE Security department requested that I share this >>information with EVERYONE I KNOW!!! >> >>Could you PLEASE pass this on. If you have mailing lists >>and or newsletters from organizations you are connected >>with, I encourage you to pass on this information. I also >>called my local provider, USWEST, and they said the same >>thing. >>90# is a phone scam...do not push those buttons for anyone. >>It does allow them full access to your phone. >> >> > >- > > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Mitchell Citrus Heights, CA kmitchel@gvn.net 916-955-9152 (voicemail) http://www.gvn.net/~creative/ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Roaming the world as a foreign correspondent for more than a decade, I was able to observe how a variety of vastly different nations organized themselves economically. The inescapable conclusion was that no politician anywhere on the planet has ever actually created a rupee's worth of prosperity." Louis Rukeyser, "Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street" newsletter, Nov 96 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Founding Member of the "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy"! - - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 17:28:08 -0700 From: Kenneth Mitchell Subject: Re: Phone Scam At 09:23 AM 10/20/98 -0700, Skip Leuschner wrote: >Forwarded FYI folks. Sorry; this IS NOT a problem for most of us. This is ONLY a problem for lage companies where you need to dial a "9" to obtain an outside line, and then could make unlimited phone calls from your office. It's NOT a problem for people at home. >>This is a scam that is being run around the country, and it is a real >>thing that could happen to you and your phone number.. >>Beware, your local telephone guy. >>JOHN >> >>--------------------------------- >>I received the following call today and called AT&T to check >>it out, just to make sure it was "for real." It is, and it >>has been going on for over 6 months. >> >>I received a telephone call from an individual identifying >>himself as an AT&T Service Technician who was conducting a >>test on our telephone lines. He stated that to complete the >>test we should touch nine (9), zero (0), the pound sign (#) >>and then hang up. Luckily, we were suspicious and refused. >>Upon contacting the telephone company, we were informed that >>by pushing 90#, you give the requesting individual full >>access to your telephone line, which allows them to place >>long distance telephone calls billed to your home phone >>number. We were further informed that this scam has been >>originating from many of the local jails and prisons. >> >>I have also verified this information with UCB Telecomm. >>Please be aware. This sounds like an Urban Legend - IT IS >>NOT! I further called GTE Security this morning and >>verified >>that this is definitely possible. DO NOT press 90# for >>ANYONE. >>The GTE Security department requested that I share this >>information with EVERYONE I KNOW!!! >> >>Could you PLEASE pass this on. If you have mailing lists >>and or newsletters from organizations you are connected >>with, I encourage you to pass on this information. I also >>called my local provider, USWEST, and they said the same >>thing. >>90# is a phone scam...do not push those buttons for anyone. >>It does allow them full access to your phone. >> >> > >- > > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Mitchell Citrus Heights, CA kmitchel@gvn.net 916-955-9152 (voicemail) http://www.gvn.net/~creative/ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Roaming the world as a foreign correspondent for more than a decade, I was able to observe how a variety of vastly different nations organized themselves economically. The inescapable conclusion was that no politician anywhere on the planet has ever actually created a rupee's worth of prosperity." Louis Rukeyser, "Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street" newsletter, Nov 96 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Founding Member of the "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy"! - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Oct 98 07:24:49 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Fratrum: Dutch carry cards that say: Don't kill me, doctor (fwd) On Oct 21, Douglas E. Renz wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] Dutch carry cards that say: Don't kill me, doctor The Netherlands -- More than 10,000 people in Holland have started carrying anti-euthanasia "passports" because they are frightened of being killed prematurely by over-enthusiastic doctors if they fall ill. The move comes as the newly-elected Dutch government presses ahead with a proposal to legalise "assisted suicide" by doctors, the first of its kind in Europe. The Bill is being pushed through despite the government's own surveys showing that Dutch doctors are increasingly practising non-voluntary euthanasia and are ending patients lives without their approval. It is estimated that every year up to 25,000 people die when their treatment is terminated on medical grounds. According to the most recent survey into euthanasia - carried out in 1995 and sponsored by the Dutch government - 23 percent of doctors said that they had ended a patient's life without his or her explicit request. Although euthanasia is technically illegal in Holland, doctors who assist with voluntary euthanasia rarely face prosecution. As a consequence an estimated 3,000 patients die each year after they have specifically requested that their lives be terminated. The "declaration of life" cards, which are being distributed by pro-life groups throughout Holland, carry the words: "I request that no medical treatment be withheld on the grounds that the future quality of my life will be diminished, because I believe that this is not something that human beings can judge. I request that under no circumstances a life-ending treatment be administered because I am of the opinion that people do not have the right to end life." Opponents are concerned that enshrining voluntary euthanasia into law will turn assisted suicide into a fully accepted medical practice. In particular they fear that it will encourage doctors to carry out euthanasia without prior consultation. Under current guidelines, a doctor is required to report all cases of euthanasia to the public prosecutor. But many do not comply, partly because of the stigma of reporting to the public prosecutor's office, but also because they run the risk of prosecution if they are judged to have wrongly applied the euthanasia process. >From next month, however, doctors will report to an advisory committee, comprising medical, ethical and legal experts. Only if the committee is dissatisfied will a case be referred to the public prosecutor. Dr Peggy Norris, the chairman of the World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, said: "This is awful. It is the most vulnerable who will be affected. There will be added pressure on patients to think that they are a nuisance to their family and that perhaps it is better to ask the doctor for something and die now rather than later." Helen Watt, a research fellow at the Roman Catholic church-backed Linacre Centre of Healthcare Ethics in London, said: "If something is legally tolerated then people tend to assume it is right. It becomes part of the medical culture." The Dutch Physicians Association said that doctors who oppose voluntary euthanasia are frightened to speak out for fear of losing their jobs. The association, whose predominately Christian membership is against the practice of voluntary euthanasia, has begun telling its 500 members not to mention their views when applying for a job. Dr Krijn Haasnood, the association's spokesman, said: "There is much pressure on doctors to practise euthanasia. Up to now a doctor who did not want to carry out euthanasia could say that it was against the law, but now it will be the right of the patient to request it. It will be part of the job of the doctor. We are going into a new area and we don't know where it will end. It is a total change in the role of the doctor if killing patients becomes part of the job." Anneke Verhoeven, a spokesman for the Lifewish Declaration Foundation, part of the Dutch Patients Association, which produces one of the anti-euthanasia passports, said: "When you are ill, euthanasia seems to be a solution but it is not. There is so much that can be done to ease pain and suffering. Sometimes people too quickly think that the pain is unbearable and that life is no longer worth living." - -- The Pro-Life Infonet is a daily compilation of pro-life news and educational information. To subscribe, send the message "subscribe" to: infonet-list-request@lists.prolife.org. Infonet is sponsored by Women and Children First (http://www.prolife.org/wcf). For more pro-life info visit the Ultimate Pro-Life Resource List at http://www.prolife.org/ultimate and for questions or additional information email ertelt@prolife.org [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 11:00:39 -0500 (CDT) From: Paul M Watson Subject: TIME TO SEND CLINTON TO THE SHOWERS (fwd) - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 08:17:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Riddle To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: TIME TO SEND CLINTON TO THE SHOWERS The following commentary published this week in _Navy Times_ (a commercial newspaper published primarily for Navy and Marine audiences but not officially connected with the Department of Defense) has become a Major Media Event, being featured, inter alia, on the Wednesday _Today_ show. This is from www.navytimes.com. Just follow the links. [*]NAVY TIMES [*]MARINE CORPS EDITION Published: 10-19-98 Category: BACK TALK Page: 70 TIME TO SEND CLINTON TO THE SHOWERS BY SHANE SELLERS A cold, drizzly morning greeted me when I shuffled outside to fetch the Sunday paper. The autumn wind shoved a half-dozen dried leaves across my path. Ten feet away, a squirrel gnawed on an acorn. The gloomy October morning matched the murky headlines in the day's paper. I sighed heavily, beaten once more over the head with the story that has dominated media attention since January--the Clinton sex scandal. I secretly wished that baseball commissioner Bud Selig had, in the best interest of the country, extended the major-league season indefinitely. A week earlier, Mark McGwire's pursuit and capture of baseball's single-season home run title had the country mesmerized. It was like an elixir. With every swing of the bat, McGwire carried us past the denials, half-truths and counter-accusations spewing out of Washington. But no more. The magic ended when Big Mac planted his 70th home run over the fence and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs finished a few behind him. There is no joy in Mudville; mighty Clinton is still at bat. The most sickening aspect of this scandal is not the president's alleged crimes. What's deplorable are the machinations of the political leaders who want to short-circuit the constitutional process and cut some sort of deal--all in the name of "getting the issue behind us." Reading the U.S. Constitution leads one to think that President Clinton's conduct would warrant impeachment hearings. After all, isn't impeachment the mechanism our founding fathers devised for these circumstances? But our lawmakers seem more preoccupied with interpreting statutes than invoking them. Those favoring a deal believe that the president's conduct deserves punishment, but his offenses against the American people do not amount to "high crimes and misdemeanors." I wonder how this selective interpretation of severity would play out in our military judicial system. Imagine it. An officer makes three false official statements. In effect, the officer lies. His supervisor calls him on it. By way of explanation, the officer makes these comments: "Mistakes were made." "I always intended to make it right." "I did not want my conduct to embarrass my family or the Marine Corps." Sound familiar? Though they are the words of a Marine in trouble for lying, they are remarkably similar to Clinton's explanation for his "inappropriate relationship" with Monica Lewinsky. The Marine was an otherwise stellar performer, but he was found guilty at non-judicial punishment. The damning verdict was upheld by a review board convened to determine the Marine officer's suitability for continued service. He was retained, but never again held a position of special trust and confidence. He was forced to retire as soon as he was eligible to do so. I always thought that the law was the law, fair and equal to all constituents. So, why should the president of the United States receive any less verdict and sentence for lying under oath? After due process, one of his constituents--read subordinates - - was cut down and denied further service to the nation as a Marine, after all. Is there a more suitable punishment for disgracing the honor of your title than having it taken from you in shame? I think not. The distinct lack of moral outrage at Bill Clinton appears to be his salvation. He'll avoid justice because we'll just yawn and let him go. Yet in the meantime, we are repulsed by the wealth of coverage given to the scandal. We can't have it both ways. Wrong is wrong, regardless of the identity or position of the perpetrator. The only way to push this scandal off of the front pages is to assert some moral courage. First, let's be specific. It's not about sex. It's tawdry and titillating, to be sure. But for all its soap-opera quality, what Clinton and Monica did as consenting adults boils down to adultery. And one should call an adulterous liar exactly what he is--a criminal. Next, Congress should take quick action based on facts. Don't sugar- coat the issue at hand. Don't stretch the truth or detract from it. Hold Clinton accountable to the law he swore to uphold and defend -- then swiftly punish him if the charges against him are corroborated. If only Congress could act that decisively. But I'm not holding my breath. I see a squirrel gnawing on an acorn, and I fear we are in for a long, hard winter. How many days until spring training? Shane Sellers is a mustang major with 20 years in the Marine Corps. These are his opinions. Copyright 1998 Army Times Publishing Company. All Rights Reserved. - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Oct 98 12:14:01 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Fratrum: FW: Like a thief in the night ----- (fwd) On Oct 22, Douglas E. Renz wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] I'm a parent, I don't need Government to tell me how to be one and take care of my children for me. Keep out of our childrens lives!! Also, Kids are born fools and when they are around other fools, they will still be fools. When you roll around in mud with a pig do you get clean, no you get dirty. The idea of children being reformed around their peers does not work. Just look at the problems in public schools. Children need to be around adults, ie. their PARENTS! - -----Original Message----- From: The Christian Alert Network [mailto:ctomlin@ns.vvm.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 8:54 PM To: TCAN Alert Net 6 Subject: Like a thief in the night ----- VERY URGENT * VERY URGENT * VERY URGENT Dear Friends: Like a thief in the night, while we all were sleeping, through the "back door" it came ---- Hillary Clinton's "VILLAGE" While the following addresses a specific problem in Texas, the problem is a NATIONAL problem and the particular program noted below is being implemented in ALL STATES. A few days ago my seven (7) year old granddaughter, who is in the second grade at the Bill Brown Elementary School in Comal County Texas, brought home the following "Parent Consent Form" for her parents to sign and return to the local public school she attends. Please note that the school had my granddaughter participating in the CIS program at least "one month before" informing her parents about the existence of the program or asking for their permission for the child to participate in the program. Please read the following consent form VERY CAREFULLY and you will note that when a parent signs the form, that parent in effect sign a "blank check" allowing a non-educational entity to engage their child in a myriad of psychological activities AND they also release Communities In Schools (CIS) and it's employees, volunteers, or agents from liability for accidents, injuries or [ mental? ] illnesses that may occur to my child form his/her participation in the program. After you have read the consent form, we will give you a list of the psychological based programs that the student will be sucked into if the parent signs the form. You will also please note that the complete list of specific programs IS NOT INCLUDED as part of the consent form. The consent form was deliberately designed to be very broad and non-specific, for a very special reason. The following consent form was reformatted for transmission via email. ****************************************************** COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS Helping kids to help themselves COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF TEXAS PARENT CONSENT FORM I give permission for my son/daughter,______________________ to participate in Communities in Schools at ________________________________________________school I understand that my permission is being given so that: * My child can receive services provided by Communities In Schools, which may include but are not limited to supportive guidance/counseling, tutoring, enrichment activities, testing and referrals to other agencies as needed. * Communities In Schools may obtain confidential information which may include information form the Texas Education Agency (TEA), school records, financial information, public assistance status, test scores, medical information and questionnaires. I understand that the Release of Information form must be signed in order to obtain some of the information above. * My child can participate In field trips and other activities sponsored by Communities In Schools. Private transportation may be used in these and other activities * Routine or emergency medical or dental treatment by any licensed medical doctor may be provided in the event of illness or accident if I am unable to be reached. Emergency Contact number ______________________________ Preferred Hospital ______________________________________ Insurance provider name and number or Medicaid number ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ * My child and I understand that we are voluntarily participating in the Communities In Schools program. May we use your child's photograph / video pictures in publicity about Communities In Schools? YES ______NO______ I release Communities In Schools and it's employees, volunteers, or agents from liability for accidents, injuries or illnesses that may occur to my child form his/her participation in the program. DATE: _______________________ Parent/Guardian Name (Please print): ______________________________________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature: ______________________________________________________ Address: _____________ City: ________________ Zip: ________ Telephone Numbers: (Home)___________________________ (Work)___________________________ ******************************************************** The above "CIS" Parent Consent Form allows the public school to engage your child in the following programs, most of which are psychological based programs. Umbrella Of Services provided: Case Management Crisis Intervention Dropout Prevention Substance Abuse Prevention Crime Prevention Life-Skills Training Home Visits Counseling Referrals Tutoring Grief Counseling Teen Parenting Education Early Childhood Education Violence Prevention Entrepreneurial Skills Gang Alternatives Peer Counseling Community Service Child Abuse Prevention Parent Training Mental Health ******************************************************* Of special note is the fact that the Communities In School (CIS) program is Hillary Clinton's "VILLAGE" and like a thief in the night, while we were all sleeping, the state slipped it in through the "back door" via the Texas Workforce Commission. The reason CIS is subservient to the TWC is very simple. ALL TWC Officers are APPOINTED by the Governor and therefore the CIS program is not subject to the voice of the people through elected representatives like it would have been had it been implemented through the Texas Education Agency. The Christian Alert Network has formally petitioned the Texas Workforce Commission state office in Austin for a considerable amount of detailed information relating to the CIS program. The information petitioned includes a copy of the complete contract. As soon as that specific information arrives we will present a detailed analysis of the various services noted above and other important information, on the TCAN Web Site. I plan to establish that chapter on the TCAN web site before the first of next week and as soon as it is established I will advise you of it's ID and location. In the mean time we strongly URGE all Texas parents to copy the NOTICE AND DECLARATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS at [ http://www.vvm.com/~ctomlin/a55.htm ] complete a copy for each student and deliver that form to your local public school officials as quickly as possible. Additionally, you need to insure that your child does not get sucked into "ANY" public school program that is not directly related to the basic academic subjects such as reading, writing, math, science etc.etc. ALL PASTORS: Please make the above information available to the members of your congregation. We depend on you to help us keep God's children informed. TEXAS PASTORS: Please contact me, the undersigned, as soon as possible and lets talk about starting a Christian School in your church or community. If you already have a school in your church we still need to talk about starting other Christian Schools in your area. We will help you get your people interested in and started in home schooling. Rev. "Curt" Tomlin, President The Christian Alert Network (TCAN) Inc. POB 11746 Killeen, Tx 76547-1746 Web site: http://www.vvm.com/~ctomlin Email: "TCAN" Fax: 254-628-7894 Phone: 254-628-7043 ***** [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Oct 98 12:13:06 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: RAPTUS: FW: Compulsory Medical Treatment Is Un-American (fwd) On Oct 22, Douglas E. Renz wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] - -----Original Message----- From: Eagle Forum [mailto:eagle@eagleforum.org] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 1998 12:42 PM To: Column@eagleforum.org Subject: Compulsory Medical Treatment Is Un-American Compulsory Medical Treatment Is Un-American Oct. 21, 1998 by: Phyllis Schlafly Why are American infants and schoolchildren being forced to submit to hepatitis B vaccinations even though the French Health Ministry has stopped giving them because of evidence they can cause neurological disorders and multiple sclerosis? Has America become a nation where bureaucrats can force controversial medical procedures on children without informed choice by parent or child? If you think such things only happen in Communist China, think again. Big Brother is on the march and his weapon is a hypodermic needle carrying the vaccine for hepatitis B. ""Force'' is not too strong a word. Across the country, newborn babies are being injected with hepatitis B vaccine only hours after birth (even when their mothers test negative for hepatitis B), and children are told they must present proof of having received three hepatitis B shots before they can be admitted to daycare, kindergarten, fifth grade, high school, or college. I first became interested in the hepatitis B vaccine when, in connection with the birth of two new grandchildren, I learned that hospitals are routinely injecting newborns with the vaccine during their first 24 hours of life. A series of inquiries produced no convincing medical reason or scientific evidence for this procedure. My new grandchildren were not at risk for hepatitis B, which is primarily an adult disease transmitted through bodily fluids. Those most at risk are the highly promiscuous (heterosexual or homosexual), needle-sharing drug addicts, health care and custodial workers exposed to blood, and babies born to already-infected mothers. According to a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report, there were only 10,637 cases of hepatitis B in the United States in 1996, including only 279 cases in children under the age of 14. Hepatitis B is not fatal for most who contract it, is not epidemic except among those high-risk groups, and bears no relation to hepatitis A (the disease sometimes picked up in restaurants when food-handlers don't wash their hands). For the problem of 279 children who have hepatitis B, millions of U.S. children are being forced to submit to vaccination consisting of three hepatitis B shots! Where does such an intrusive and expensive rule originate, and how can it be enforced nationally since immunizations are a state, not a federal, matter? The federal medical police have figured out how to override state authority (and even pediatricians who might otherwise act in the interest of their patients), and develop an intricate system outside of the spotlight of public scrutiny and without accountability. CDC endorses a given vaccine, the state legislatures delegate the decision-making power to state public health departments, the unaccountable bureaucrats make regulations that conform to CDC instructions and have the impact of law, and the drug manufacturers spend millions to advertise their products. The CDC uses carrot and stick to force states to obey federal mandates. The CDC has doled out hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to reward state health departments for promoting mass vaccinations, and has the power to withhold money grants if state health officials don't show proof of designated vaccination rates. The 1993 Comprehensive Childhood Immunization Act, signed by President Clinton, gave the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $400 million to award to states to set up state vaccine registries to tag and track children so that Big Brother can hunt them down and compel vaccinations. States receive either $50, $75 or $100 per child who is fully vaccinated with all federally recommended vaccines, including hepatitis B. When I entered public school, the only vaccination required was for smallpox, and that's the only immunization I ever had. Most states now require children to be injected with about 33 doses of 9 or 10 different viral and bacterial vaccines in order to enter public school, including three doses of hepatitis B vaccine. In 1995, HHS Secretary Donna Shalala gave the states the power to appropriate newborn babies' social security numbers in order to set up vaccine tracking registries. The CDC plans to network all the state vaccine tracking registries in order to create a de facto centralized electronic database containing every child's, and ultimately every American's, medical records. More than 22,000 reports of hospitalizations and injuries, including 300 deaths, following hepatitis B vaccination have been reported since 1990 to the U.S. government's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. There have been no controlled studies to evaluate these reports, there is no adequate proof of the vaccine's long-term safety, little is known about its effect on a newborn baby's immune system, and the disclaimers that the drug manufacturers put on the hepatitis B vaccine package are downright disturbing. The hepatitis B vaccine may give only a temporary immunity, and it is not clear when booster shots will be required. Some of those who receive the hepatitis B vaccine may thereafter test positive for hepatitis B because many routine blood tests are not sophisticated enough to differentiate between prior vaccination and the disease. Freedom in America should include allowing parents to make their own informed choice about injecting their babies with a potentially dangerous vaccine. More information is available from the National Vaccine Information Center (1-800-909-SHOT and http://www.909shot.com). Phyllis Schlafly column 10-21-98 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eagle Forum http://www.eagleforum.org PO Box 618 eagle@eagleforum.org Alton, IL 62002 Phone: 618-462-5415 Fax: 618-462-8909 - --------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Eagle E-mail please e-mail eagle@eagleforum.org with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line - ----------------------------------------------------- [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Oct 98 12:19:14 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: AdvAM: Mainstream Values Under Attack (fwd) Kevin mentions a sign someone carried, and if anyone sees one, please suggest to them that the following alteration would be more appropriate for a proper Christian attitude: "Let Jesus not AIDS cure gays!" On Oct 21, Kevin McGehee wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] The ADVANCE AMERICA Network (c) 1998 KEVIN McGEHEE North Pole, Alaska mcgehee@mosquitonet.com http://www.mosquitonet.com/~mcgehee/ Permission granted to anyone wishing to forward, redistribute, or broadcast this article WITH FULL ATTRIBUTION. ================================================================ MAINSTREAM VALUES UNDER ATTACK Probably you saw the lines of questioning on morning shows like NBC's Today, trying to pin responsibility for Matthew Shepard's monstrous torture-murder on Christian groups that claim homosexuality can be cured. Or maybe you're unfortunate enough to live in a town like Billings, Montana whose newspaper has editorialized that widespread bias in favor of heterosexuality contributed to the atrocity. Despite the fact that Shepard's own father has pleaded that his son's death not be exploited to advance a political agenda, the lifestyle ghouls know no decency. Mainstream moral values are as always the greatest enemy in their world, and any opportunity to attack them must be seized, even at the expense of causing pain to a gay murder victim's family. Here in Alaska, where a constitutional amendment is before voters that will specifically define marriage as a union between one man and one woman, the danger that Shepard's cruel murder would be exploited to argue against the amendment is high. So far the *Fairbanks Daily News-Miner* has stated no opinion of its own on the issue, but it did print an editorial from an Illinois paper opposing such exploitation. Letters to the editor in the *News-Miner* against Ballot Measure 2 have nevertheless been venomous in attacking mainstream Alaskans who may support it. I usually avoid USENET newsgroups, but recently out of curiosity I visited one devoted to the question of impeaching President Clinton. A common thread in the statements by Clinton defenders, usually stated in tones of outright glee, was that the President's critics are vainly trying to defend a long-dead concept of sexual morality that frowns on such things as adultery. Geraldo Rivera, one of the President's staunchest defenders on network television, admitted in his autobiography to having bedded, even while married or otherwise involved, nearly every woman he ever worked with; Rivera's tack on Clinton is that he's being persecuted over a "sex lie." Clearly more than just our Constitution and the Rule of Law are at issue in the Lewinsky matter. Every aspect of mainstream sexual morality is regarded with hostility, every victory over mainstream values serves as another rung up the ladder to the ultimate destruction of that hated morality. Hate and homophobia are not imaginary hobgoblins -- the Shepard murder and such protest signs as "AIDS Cures Gays" are proof enough of that. The question is whether such phenomena justify the concerted and consistent effort by lifestyle ghouls across America to dismantle every single, solitary element of mainstream values. Nor can the Shepard murder necessarily be laid exclusively at the doorstep of homophobia; given their drunkenness at the time of the killing, and their obvious disregard for life, the two petty monsters in Wyoming might very well have chosen some other prospective victim, for some other "reason," had Matthew Shepard not crossed their path first. But for Shepard's misfortune, it might even have been a racial killing, or a rape-murder -- or they might have killed someone for having attended a different school; those two men were time-bombs of hate looking for an excuse to go off, as such monsters usually are. Those who blame mainstream values for Matthew Shepard's murder, or for abortion clinic bombings or anything else, overlook the fact that hate and murder are NOT mainstream values (much though they would like to make them out to be, in order to indict the whole concept of morality), and that laws against murder -- such as the ones in Wyoming that define the Shepard killing as a capital offense inviting the death penalty -- are there BECAUSE of mainstream values. Mainstream America isn't gloating over the fact that Matthew Shepard is dead. Far from it. The only ones coming close to gloating are hateful monsters -- including those who try to exploit the murder for political benefit. - -30- October 21, 1998 ================================================================ **Visit the AdvAM/AdvAK archives** http://www.mosquitonet.com/~mcgehee/advance.htm The views expressed herein are entirely those of the author(s), and do not reflect those of any person or group with whom the author(s) may be affiliated, unless explicitly labelled as doing so. [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 12:50:30 -0700 From: Steve Silver Subject: Fw: Liberal fill-in-the-blank test The politically correct answer(s) follow each question. 1. Evidence exists that a Democratic administration: o uses the IRS to harass political opponents o sells missile technology to China for campaign contributions o illegally obtains hundreds of Republican FBI files o conspires to commit perjury and obstruct justice o systematically engages in blackmail, bribes and threats of violence These allegations should be thoroughly __________. - -- denounced. 2. Thousands of media reports falsely claim that racists are burning black churches in the South. This is a good example of __________. - -- consciousness-raising. 3. In a mid-term election, Republicans increase their representation in the House by 52 seats, and in the Senate by 7 seats. No Republican congressmen are defeated. This result can best be characterized as __________. - -- anti-incumbent. 4. A Republican Speaker of the House suggests changes to Social Security. He is motivated by a desire to __________. - -- impoverish and starve old people. 5. Two thugs rob and murder a gay man, and rob and beat two other men the same night. One of the murderers reportedly has several gay friends. This is a clear-cut example of __________. - -- a hate crime. 6. After saying he wanted to kill some white people, a black man murders six whites and Asians on a train in New York. This is a clear-cut example of __________. - -- the need for stricter gun-control laws. 7. A Republican Supreme Court nominee is accused by a former employee of having made sexually suggestive remarks ten years ago. The proper response is to __________. - -- march in the streets. 8. A Democratic President lies under oath about an affair with a 21-year old employee to avoid liability in a sexual harassment case. He is also accused of sexually assaulting several other women. The proper response is to __________. - -- forget it and move on. 9. An economic expansion occurs during a Republican administration. This period is known as __________. - -- a decade of greed. 10. An economic expansion occurs during a Democratic administration. This period is known as __________. - -- a booming economy. 11. Some people blow up a Federal Building. Responsibility for this heinous act rests with __________. - --the Republican party, the National Rifle Association, all gun owners and all other conservatives. 12. An extremist environmental group destroys a $12 million ski resort in Colorado purportedly to protect the lynx population. Responsibility for this heinous act does not rest with Al Gore and other radical environmentalists, but with ______________. --the ski resort and its patrons for not immediately shutting down its operation in the interests of "protecting the environment." If you correctly answered all the above questions and weren't bothered for a second, here are two bonus questions: 13. All liberal initiatives of any kind are done __________. - -- For the children. 14. Pointing out contradictions in liberal thinking is called __________. - -- Hate speech. Scoring: All 14 -- Liberal 0 - 13 -- Fascist - -- Steve Silver Vice President, The Lawyer's Second Amendment Society, Inc. 18034 Ventura Blvd., No. 329, Encino, CA 91316 * (818) 734-3066 For a complimentary copy of the LSAS's newsletter, "The Liberty Pole," e-mail your snail-mail address to: LSAS3@aol.com. The LSAS is a 501(c)(4) California non-profit corporation * * * GET THE TRUTH ABOUT GUNS. VISIT: www.guntruths.com - - ------------------------------ End of roc-digest V2 #193 *************************